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Deciphering the alphabet soup of advisers

June 25, 2019 at 11:47 a.m.

Susan Cohen and Barry Berg, of Maplewood, N.J., handled their own finances for years. But when their special-needs son, Julian, turned 18 in 2013, they had a docket of financial...

Water safety can save lives

May 14, 2019 at 1:09 a.m.

Laura Metro is one of the lucky ones. Her son, Clay, survived. But Metro will never forget the day Clay, then 3, was pulled out of a swimming pool, looking...

"It's heartbreaking to tell your kids they can't play outside," says Julie Franks-Marchese, shown with her 11-year-old son, Jesse.

Polluting our health

June 17, 2018 at 1:03 p.m.

The first thing Julie Franks-Marchese does each morning is click an app on her phone that gives her an air-quality report for Valencia, Pa., where she lives with her husband,...

Polluting our health

May 14, 2019 at 1:09 a.m.

The first thing Julie Franks-Marchese does each morning is click an app on her phone that gives her an air-quality report for Valencia, Pa., where she lives with her husband,...

Study: Women night owls more likely to take risks and be single

May 14, 2019 at 1:07 a.m.

When it comes to risk-taking, women who are night owls are on par with men, said a study by University of Chicago researchers. It made no difference if the men...

Parents can wind up with the pets kids leave behind

June 17, 2018 at 2:28 p.m.

Rich LoNigro grew up watching "Lassie" on television. So when he met Rosie, a homeless collie, he brought her home to live with him and his parents in Port Jefferson,...

Parents can wind up with the pets kids leave behind

May 14, 2019 at 2:17 a.m.

Rich LoNigro grew up watching "Lassie" on television. So when he met Rosie, a homeless collie, he brought her home to live with him and his parents in Port Jefferson,...

You are more likely to be compassionate toward strangers and enjoy helping them if you are female, have suffered a recent loss or are plucky, according to a study by researchers at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine.

Study: Plucky females most compassionate

June 17, 2018 at 2:41 p.m.

You are more likely to be compassionate toward strangers and enjoy helping them if you are female, have suffered a recent loss or are plucky, according to a study by...

Professionals from many walks of life offer advice to high school graduates

May 14, 2019 at 1:02 a.m.

Why should freshly minted high school graduates listen to their elders? When you are 18, you might think, as novelist Tana French writes in "The Likeness," that "most people over...

Anne Marie Murphy, director of Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force.

Anne Marie Murphy, breast cancer task force director

June 17, 2018 at 2:44 p.m.

After Anne Marie Murphy came to the United States from her native Ireland to earn her doctorate in molecular genetics from Johns Hopkins University, she planned to "become an academician,"...

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